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The Triad

The World Is a Dangerous Place

Political violence, assassinations, invasions.

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Jonathan V. Last
July 8, 2022∙ Paid
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte give a joint press conference after their meeting at the Palazzo Chigi, on April 24, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

1. Abe

Some of my earliest political memories are of assassinations. Growing up in the late ’70s and early ’80s, it often seemed like…

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